Griffin Poetry Prize Winners

Every year, the Griffin Poetry Prize judges compile a shortlist of up to seven outstanding books of poetry, four International and three Canadian. Fro ...more

Winners

	Quarrels by Eve Joseph 4.14 avg rating — 72 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heavenly Questions: Poems by Gjertrud Schnackenberg 4.33 avg rating — 122 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pigeon: Poems by Karen Solie 4.13 avg rating — 146 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sentinel by A.F. Moritz 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rising, Falling, Hovering by C.D. Wright 4.09 avg rating — 276 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eunoia by Christian Bök 4.06 avg rating — 1,636 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Heaven Is All Goodbyes by Tongo Eisen-Martin 4.49 avg rating — 197 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silvija by Sandra Ridley (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violet Energy Ingots by Hoa Nguyen 3.81 avg rating — 139 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Injun by Jordan Abel (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 205 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say Something Back by Denise Riley 3.67 avg rating — 288 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for International Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FALLING AWAKE by Alice Oswald 3.87 avg rating — 955 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for International Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise of Defeat: Poems by Abdellatif Laâbi 4.43 avg rating — 53 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for International Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World of Made and Unmade: A Poem by Jane Mead 4.09 avg rating — 119 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee for International Shortlist (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Correspondences: A poem and portraits by Anne Michaels 4.32 avg rating — 78 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ocean by Sue Goyette 4.32 avg rating — 146 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Doc> by Anne Carson 4.10 avg rating — 2,859 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silverchest: Poems by Carl Phillips 4.12 avg rating — 254 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Brenda Hillman 3.65 avg rating — 115 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrim's Flower by Rachael Boast 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kolonie by Tomasz Różycki 3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personals by Ian Williams 4.26 avg rating — 82 ratings Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bram Stoker Award
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Royal Society Science Book Prize
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Newbery Medal
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